Ensaria Sanctuary

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This is the Temple where the Citizens all over Zepheri will pledge their allegiance to Ensaria as well as coming here to pray,worship,and leave tokens and gifts of appreciation to their Goddess Ensaria.

 

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The church stands on the edge of the village and consists of a west tower, nave with a north porch and a chancel. The nave has in it windows dating probably from the first quarter of the fourteenth century though the actual fabric is probably much earlier.
The separation from the north chapel is by two raised tombs under canopied arches, with panelled compartments in the soffit, and having between them a low pointed-arched doorway. Immediately above this door is a canopied niche supported by a bracket resting on a head, and having its side shafts supported by blank shields.

The spandrels of the arch of the tomb nearest to the nave have blank shields and foliage. Immediately above this arch is a large shield.

The inside walls are plastered and painted and stenciled with religious markings. The lower portion of the wall is of vertical board skirting. The ceiling is a painted decorative metal, approximately 15 feet high. The flooring is of a wide white pine board. There is a raised 8 feet wide sanctuary in front of the church. The floor and two sets of wooden steps leading up to the sanctuary is covered with the original carpet. The sanctuary held the pedaled organ, book case, a large armed minister chair with two smaller no armed chairs on each side, a pulpit and a piano still remain in the church today.

The church is lit by 6 rectangle windows, 7 feet high, 3 windows to the South and 3 windows to the North. Each window contains 8 panes of 20 inches by 14 inches of glass. At night the church is lit by 6 oil lamps mounted on each window plain milled boards. The original plan of the building consisted of two inside constructed chimneys and two wood burning stoves for heat. Some unknown time later the two inside chimneys were removed and one outside centered chimney was built with cut bricks from the ground up. The church was then heated with one large wood burning heater located toward the rear of the church.

Entrance: on the East end of the church, is made by going up 6 wooden steps, then through 2 inward hinged doors into an entrance hall. Wall mounted hooks on either side of the hall held the coats and hats. To enter the main portion of the church from the entrance hall, one must pass through two swinging doors.